Chapter Ninety-Two: Rearmament and Warfare

Thirteen Galen warships, five Galen merchant ships, two Galen ships, and fifteen clippers were all renovated and refurbished, and all of them were devoid of the long voyage and the decay of the battle. Only the Gaoyouhu and Weishanhu that had just returned from transporting the Liao people back with Gu Wuyue were still cleaning up and making minor repairs.

Among them, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong each installed sixteen 48-pound Tiago short-barreled guns, and the subsequently captured Feng Yi, Geng Yi, Ma Yuan, Wei Yan, etc. were also reequipped with 32-pound and 24-pound, 18-pound Tiago short-barreled guns, as well as long-barreled guns, in order to unify the caliber and facilitate the supply of gunpowder and projectiles, which also exhausted the stock of short-barreled guns.

The current problem was the shortage of sailors, because the 2,000 sailors recruited later only had one Galen ship and a few clippers to practice, they were still a little immature, mainly because they lacked experience in long-distance voyages and had no experience in artillery battles. Of course, if it weren't for the fierce artillery battles such as the Babuyan Strait, there would be no problem with sailing by boat, and it was impossible to have such an artillery battle in the northern waters of the Ming Dynasty. These sailors only need to go through two voyages, and one artillery battle will quickly mature. There is only one way to let them grow quickly on the battlefield.

For several days, these boats continued to sail near Shidao to train sailors and gunners, and for a time the waters of Shidao were so bustling that even the Shidao fishing boats that were fishing nearby went to work far away in order to avoid them. Zhao Lie sighed, if it weren't for the fact that the Weihai Division was controlled by his father, I am afraid that things would have been out of control now, with such a large fleet now, Shidao is not suitable for a long time, Jeju must be taken as soon as possible, it will be the best place to base the Broken Army and Naval Division, not far from the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, and Japan, once something happens, it will be convenient to help.

Zhao Lie carefully looked through the documents about Jeju Island, and was surprised to find that after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the island was still in the hands of the Dayuan Mongolian people for several decades, and was later taken into the bag by the Korean Li family. Now it is less than a thousand and five, under the command of the state judge. There are about 20,000 horses on the island, which is an important horse-producing area in North Korea, Zhao Lie pouted, it is really a small country and a widow, and more than 20,000 war horses are its largest horse farm. Well, it is also one of the two major penal colonies in North Korea, and the other is the border with Jiannu. Damn, this is the same as the exile of the Ming Dynasty, the north is the bitter cold Liaodong, and the south is the undeveloped Hainan, which is really the same trend.

Du Li waited with bated breath, seeing that Zhao Lie was fascinated, he couldn't help but feel whether the adult was satisfied, although it took several months of hard work to set up a large frame for the Military Intelligence Division, but after all, the time was short, and it was not whether the Jeju letter lord who had collected it from many parties was satisfied, and he was extremely worried in his heart.

As for the Korean sailors that Zhao Lie confessed to investigate, due to the heavy losses of the Korean sailors after the disaster of the Japanese state, Gwanghaejun wanted to build more warships during his reign, but due to the financial difficulties after the war, this plan could not be completed. To this day, the Korean Navy Division is mainly divided into four divisions, with the left and right naval divisions in Jeolla Province, the left and right naval divisions in Jeolla Province, the left and right naval divisions in Gyeongsang-do and the left and right naval divisions, and the Han Dynasty naval divisions in the main village of the naval divisions. However, there are not many large ships, mainly small ships, and their combat power is limited.

"Du Li, the enemy situation on Jeju Island this time is quite detailed, if it is proved that what you said is true, you should take the lead, but the situation in Ezo on the North Island of the Japanese Kingdom should also be investigated as soon as possible." Zhao Lie said.

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will do their best." Du Li did not dare to boast about Haikou, because the Wa State and the Ming Dynasty had cut off all contact, it was too difficult to find out the news, in order to find out the situation, he had already sent four or five groups of people to Yangzhou, Songjiang and other places where the Wa State had private ships to and fro, and interrogated from the captured Wa people, and it was estimated that there should be a response in the next two days.

"In addition, the matter of relocating the families of the sailors and soldiers from the Weihai Division to Shidao has been completed by the subordinates, and they have tried their best to settle some houses for them, and these people have also settled down." Du Liyu reports.

"Very good, this can be regarded as no worries, you just need to pay attention to the affairs of Shidao in the future." Zhao Lie bowed his head in satisfaction.

After Du Li left, Yuan Yi, Tiago, Iuliano, Wu Qun, Ricardo and others from the artisan battalion, shipyard, refugee camp, and horse farm who were summoned were brought into the room.

"You may be seated." Zhao Lie asked a few people to sit down, "Serve tea." ”

Several people thanked them and sat down. Serve hot tea.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the official has brought you here to tell you that the official will create an overseas territory," Zhao Lie paused and looked at everyone, the Portuguese did not react much, and the Ming craftsmen were greatly surprised.

"I have decided to set up artisan battalions, shipyards, refugee camps, and horse farms in overseas territories, and therefore you must allocate a small number of men to open new factories in the new land. We hope that you will provide you with the list and required materials within five days. ”

This is a bomb in the nest, and even the Portuguese are complaining together, it is nothing more than a heavy workload, skilled hands, and insufficient manpower.

"This official is an order, not for you to wait and complain." Zhao Lie knocked on the table and stopped the cries of several people, "From now on, recruit novices, bring the old with the new, don't forget that we have manpower, recently with the official to prepare for the construction of personnel, two months later, the team will set off." Zhao Lie made the final decision.

Several people reluctantly left the official office, pouring bitter water on each other, how to become a novice to become a familiar hand for a few months, how to catch up with the progress. After pouring the bitter water, several people broke up, and went back to handle it according to Zhao Lie's instructions.

Meng Guangshan, who had been quite shocked when he came to Shidao last time, came to Shidao again, or was shocked, this is already a large-scale city, the forts, docks, streets, and buildings are quite large and orderly, compared to other towns in the Ming Dynasty, Shidao is much cleaner and wider, and people's faces are not cowardly and numb in other places, but there is more laughter and noise. Zhang Ting represents that he is already a member of the council, and now Shidao is under the management of the council, which is the most shocking to Meng Guangshan, when can businessmen participate in the management of Ming government affairs, this really breaks Meng Guangshan's three views, and now he sees the operation of Shidao with his own eyes, Meng Guangshan is tolerant.

Accompanied by Zhang Ting, Meng Guangshan had a good trip to Shidao, this time he found that in the shipyard, wharf, military camp and other places have been banned from entering, in the refugee camp, Meng Guangshan felt that it was an ambitious Shidao, he was not some poor literati, nor was he an ignorant woman and child, he would not simply think that Zhao Lie was kind-hearted, if it was the expansion of Shidao, tens of thousands of refugees would be enough, but why did the 200,000 refugees come this time.

Meng Guangshan and Zhang Ting looked at several Chinese and foreign craftsman leaders arguing and leaving, quite puzzled, especially Zhang Ting, he had met several craftsmen, and Iuliano was even more familiar, and he discussed a lot of problems when he ordered the fortune ship in the shipyard, but in his opinion, the polite Iuliano's excitement today still surprised him.

Meng Guangshan was really thinking about the wording in his heart, Shidao was extremely important in his share of business at the moment, he didn't expect that Shidao's demand was so great, horses, grain, cloth, tung oil, hearse linen, charcoal, saltpeter, groceries and even refugees, etc., and the copper materials and Japanese goods on the return trip also brought him rich benefits. At this time, Zhang Ting brought him the surprising news that Shidao produces salt, and the cost is low, but it is not exported. This made Meng Guangshan immediately decide to go to Shidao immediately, and the share of salt in his own hands was almost impossible to maintain the distribution situation, at this time there was this news to surprise him, although it was private salt, but, first, the Ming Dynasty official army and water division commanded the envoy to preside over the Yanei, and the second was that as long as it was entrained in the official salt, it was easy to get through the customs.

So Meng Guangshan quickly came to Shidao.

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